Type-writing machine.



E. H. LORENZ.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED JUNE'FJ, 1903. 1,082,535. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

N/fnesses E. H. LORENZ.

TYPE WRITING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE5, 190s.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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E. H. LORENZ.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 190a.

. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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COMPANY, or MrnDL ErowN, cou- TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Application filed June 5, 19.08. Serial No. 486,750.

v Be it known that I, EDWARD H. LORENZ, a citizen 'of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Type- Writing Machines, 0 -which the following and exact description, such others skilled in the art to whio'hfit appertains to make and use the same. p

Thisinvention relates to typewrit-ing machines, and one of the objectsthereof is to provide new and i proved means for backste pin the ca'rria e.

. st er object tereof is to provide in conjunction means for by the back-stepping pawl will be positively is-ill'ustrated severa fright; Fig. 4 is a plan view with hack-stepping mechanism, preventing an overthrow of the carriage. h J v.

\ Another object is to provide means whereoperajted and the extent of its throw acc'urately determined.

The. invention accordinglyiconsists in the v --features;of construction, combinationsof 1 elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the'construction hcreinafter set forth, and the sec e of the aplication of which will-be in icated inthe ollowing claims. v

In thejaccompan ing drawings, wherein l of various possible embodiments ofmy invention, Figure 1 is a planview thereof; Fig. 2 is a side view of the back spacingmechanism showing the ositively-op'erated 1 awl and a preferred orin of the means or preventing an overthrow of the carriage Fig. 3 is a side elevation oflthe mechanism shown in the upper portion of Fig. 1, looking from left to of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, the parts being shown in another position; Figs; -5, '6 and'7 are views in lan upon an enlarged scale of a portion 0 the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, showing different positions assumed by the back-stepping pawl when. the same is actuated; Fig. 8 isa sectional elevation upon an enlarged scaletaken on line 88, Fig.4, looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 91s a view in elevation of the escapement shaft, showing a modification of a clutch device employed herein; Fig. 10

1s a plan view of a modified form-of mechanism for preventing carriage; Fi'. 11 is a side elevation of the mechanism s own in Fig.10; and Fig. 12 is a planview'of the upper portion of Fig. 10, pm; showing the parts. in a different posi- OtherQbjects will be in part obvious and. in part. pointed out hereinafter.

a trunnion. screw 5 similarly threaded into a portion of the framework of the machine. The feed-pinion 6, in the present instance, is fixed upon the escapement shaft 2 and meshes with the feed rack of the platen carriage,la portion of which is shown at 7, the remaining portions of the platen carriage not being shown herein. y'lhe escapement wheel 8, in the present instance, is loosely mounted uponthe escapement shaft and has upon its hub portion 10 a plurality of teeth 11, with which engage teeth 12 formed upon a member 13 slidably mounted upon the escapement shaft 2 and held against rotation thereon bymeans of a loose key 14 exposition by lar thereof being of an-extensile spring 18 fastened upon the escapement shaft and the shoulder 20 formed upon-collar 15, and the slidable-clutch member 13. By means f this construction, the escapement wheel is compelledto rotate with the fescapement tended through an aperture in the escape EDWARD n. LORENZ, or narrow), coNNEc'rrcur, A ssI GNoR, BY Musics ASSIGN- MENTS, ro THE NOISELESS rrrnwnxrsa NEGTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT.

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an overthrow of the Similar reference characters refer tosimilar. parts throughout the several parts of the fixed upon shoulder 17 provided able member 13 constitute a clutch, the teeth held in engagementby means interposed between" bracket 21, to which is attached, as at 22,

a link 23, said link being in turn connected to an eccentric stud. 24 mounted upon one' leg of a bell-crank lever 25 pivoted at 26 upon a suitable bracket 27. The other leg 2813f this bell-crank lever is pivotally connected at 30 to a link 31, which in turn is pivatally connected to a leg 32 of a bellcrai'i'k lever 33. This bell-crank lever, which is pivoted upon a fixed pin 34, has its other leg 35 extended forwardly to the key board and provided with a finger key 36, by means of which it may be operated. Stops, as at 37 and 38, are provided for limiting the oscillatory movements of this lever and a retractil'e spring 40 is interposed between leg 32 thereof and a fixed pin 41. a Arm or bracket 21 carries a back-stepping dog 42, which is pivoted thereto at 43, said dog having a rearwardly extendingportion or tail piece 44 which is received between the tines 45 and 46 of the forked end of link 23. The other end of dog 42 is adapted to be. swung into engagement with the teeth I 47 of the escapement wheel 8 and is normally urged to movement in the direction of said teeth by means of a leaf spring 48 se- -cured, as by means of screws 50, to the 40 bracket 21, the free end of the spring engaging the dog. Dog 42 is held in a position removed from the teeth of the escapement I wheel by means of the tine 45 of the-forked portion of theilink 23, but when the finger lever 35 is actuated, said dog, through the mechanism connecting arm 21 therewith, will be swung into engagement with a tooth of the escapement wheel as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and during the further downward movement of the finger key 35 said arm will be oscillated partly around escapement shaft 2, whereupon dog 42 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 7 and effects a. backward rotation of the escapement wheel and acorresponding backward movement of, theplaten ,carriage through the connection 'of the escapement wheel 8 therewith. ;-At. theendof the stroke of the baclbstepping dog 42, the tine 46 of the forked portion of link23'engages the tail piece 44 of. the dog 4 2;and .locks the same intothe teeth offtheiescapement wheel, prev n ing r,- m ae'tnent thaactuat ng p r and Qf eerr 6e marginof the escapement wheel. On the .on. The feed-pinlon ment wheel,

direction, the forked end of finger 51 is pro-- return stroke, the tine 45 engages the tail piece 44 of the dog 42 and forces the actuating end thereof out of engagement with the teeth of the escapement wheel, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

Referring now to that part of the mechanism for preventing an overthrow of the carriage when the same is back-spaced and particularly to, ,the preferred embodiment thereof shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 8, 51 indicates a finger attached, as at 43, to the positively operated pawl 42, said finger having a forked outer end 52 which is disposed adjacent the clutch constituted by the toothed hub portion 10 of the escapement.

wheel and the .slidable clutch member 13 when the dog 42 is in a position removed from the Iescapement wheel. When, how ever, the dog 42 is swung into engagement with the teeth of the escapement wheel ,8, the forked end 52 of finger 51 is projected between the shoulder 17 of the movable clutch member 13 and the depending end of thefixedcollar, 15, thereby preventing the clutchmember 13 from rising and becoming disengaged from the teeth formed 'upon.the escapementwheel, so that any overthrow of thecarriage is prevented, no matter how rapidly or with what force the back-spacing key is struck. It will, therefore, be impossible to back-space the can riage to a greater extent than one tooth upon a single depression of the back-spacing; key.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings, a different embodiment of the clutch mechanism is shown. In this embodiment'the escapement wheel 8 is -fixed permanently to the escapement shaft 2 and the-'feed-pinio'n 6 is free there- 6 has its hub portion 53 provided with teeth 54,. which engage teeth 55 formed uponthe end of a vertically shiftable collar 56' which extends downwardlyto provide a space between the es capement wheel and the end of. said collar of suflicient width to ermit the entry of the forked-portion 52 of the finger 51. The collar 56 is keyed to the escapement shaft and a spring 57 interposed between a collar 58 fixed upon the escapement shaft 2 interiorly of the vertically shiftable collar 56 and a shoulder 60 formed in the latter, urges .the teeth thereof into engagement with the teeth 54 of the hub portion 53 of the feedpinion. Whenever the back-stepping dog 42 is projected into the teeth of the escapeto rotate the latter in a reverse jected between the lower end of collar 56 and the upper end of ajshoulder 61 upon the scapement wheel andv preventstheformer from being thrown downwardly to thereby disengage-the feed p'rifion from the'escapement shaft and likewise prevents any-oven throw of the carriage duringgthe back-spacing operation.

. mechanism in this embodiment being similar to those hereinbefore described. In this construction, the finger 51 is omitted and there is substituted therefor the shiftable cam 27 supportedupon the frame of the machine. This cam plate is provided with a slot 64 at its other end, which engages with a screw 65, secured to the fixed bracket 27. The oscillatin bracket v21, which is journaled exterior y of the bearing 3 of the escapement shaft, is provided with a stud 66 which engages within a cam slot 67 formed in the plate 62; and said plate is "also provided with a curved portion 68 adapted to engage withthe shoulder 17 of the slidable clutch member 13 and take under the end of the fixed collar 15 of the escapement shaft 2. When the connecting .link 23 is actuated from the key board to swing the back-stepping pawl 42 into the path of thelescapement wheel, the stud 66 of. the oscillating arm 21 moves the cam plate 62 from the position shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings to that shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings, causing the curved portion '68 thereof to engage the clutch members in. the manner above described, thus preventing the clutch members from-being disengaged during the back-steppingopera- 85 tion and accordingly throw of the carriage. I

Having thus described the construction of the several embodiments of my invention,

the operation thereof, which should be largely obvious from the above description is substantially as follows: It will be unders ood that during the operation of the mac ine, the escapement devices cotiperating with the escapement wheel will afi'ord a feed of the carriage in the usual manner. hen the carriage is returned by the hand of the operator to a new line-commencing position, the spring-controlled clutch will be automatically disengaged, wherebythe escapement shaft may be rotated freely in the reverse direction without compelling a rotation of the escapement wheel, which will be allowed to remain stationary, while the clutch interposed between said escapement shaft and said feed-pinion will be automatically disengaged to allow a free rotation 'of the feed-pinion during the return of the preventing an overcarriage to initial position. When it is de slred to back-space the carriage, a deprese'o sion of the finger lever 35 at the key board Q will, through the mechanism connected therewith, project the back-stepping dog 42 into the teeth of the escapement wheel,

whereupon the same will be rotated in a reverse direction, the extent of the throw of plate 62 pivoted at 63 in the fixed bracket the pawl being determined by means of the tine 46 of the forked portion of link 23. Simultaneously with the throw of the dog 42 into engagement with the teeth of the escapement'wheel, the forked portion of the member 51 of the first-described embodiment will be interposed between the slidable clutch member 13 and the fixed collar 15 of V the escapement shaft to-prevent said collar from being disengaged during the backspacing dperation, and the portion 68 of the cam plate 62 will likewise be thrown into position to prevent a disengagement of the member of the clutch in the last-described embodiment.

It will accordingly be seen that-I have provided mechanism well adapted to attain amongothers, all the ends and objects above pointed out, ine a'. simple yet eflicient manner. The back-stepping dog, while normally disengaged and positively held out of the path of the teeth of the escapement wheel, is readily thrown into engagement therewith, and the throw thereof is, moreover, accurately determined. The means for holding the clutch members inengagement during the back-stepping operation efi'ec tively eliminates any chance of the carriage being back-spaced to a greater extent than iime tooth at a-single depression of the finger As many changes could be made in the above construction and several difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v 1. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the platen carriage provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, of an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said feed dogs cooperate, a clutch interposed between said shaft and said escapement wheel, whereby said shaft is free to rotate in one direction with respect to said'escapement wheel, but compels a rotation of said escapement, wheel therewith when said shaft is rotated in an other direction, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said feed rack,

with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said lfeed dogs cooperate, a clutch interposed between said shaft and said escapement wheel, whereby said shaft is free to rotate in one direction with respect to said escapement wheel, but compels a rotation of said escapement wheel therewith when said shaft is rotated in another direction, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said feed rack, a manually operated dog cooperating with said escapement wheel to rotate the same in a reverse direction, thereby backspacing the carriage, and means for preventing an overthrow of the carriage when the same is backspaced.

3. In a typewriting machine, the comb1- nation with the platen carriage provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said ,feed dogs coo erate, a clutch interposed between said s aft and said escapement wheel, whereby said shaft is free to rotate in one directlon with respect to said escapement wheel, but compels a rotation of said escapementwheel therewith when said shaft is rotated in another direction, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said feed rack, a dog pivoted concentrically with the axis of said escapement wheel and adapted to be engaged therewith to compel a backward rotation of said escapement wheel to thereby.

backspace the carriage, and means cooperating with said clutch for preventing an overthrowof the carriage when the same is backstepped.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the platen carriage provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft. with which said feed dogs cooperate, a clutch interposed between said shaft and said escapement wheel, whereby said shaft 7 is free to rotate in one direction with respect to said escapement wheel, but compels a rotation of said escapement wheel therewith when said shaft is rotated in another direction, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshing'with said feed rack, a bracket journaled concentrically of said escapement shaft, a backstepping dog mounted upon said bracket and adapted to be thrown. into engagement with said escapement wheel to compel a backward rotation thereof, whereby the carriage may be backstepped, and means coiiperating with said clutch for preventing the carriage from being bac'kstepped more than one space.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the platen carriage provided with a feed .rack, of an escapement shaft, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft, a clutch interposed direction whereby the carriage will be back-' spaced, and means cooperating with said clutch for preventing an overthrow of the carriage when the same is backspaced.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the platen carriage, provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mounted upon said escapement shaft and meshing with said feed rack, an escapement wheel loosely mounted up 11 said escapement shaft with which said fee: dogs cooperate to afford a feed of the carriage, a clutch interposed between said escapement shaft and said escapement wheel whereby said escapement wheel and said shaft are compelled to move in unison when rotated in one direction, but which permits a rotation of said escapement shaft in a reverse direction when the carriage is returned to begin a new line of writing, a radially movable dog adapted to be swung into engagement with said escapement wheel to rotate the same in the reverse direction, thereby backspacing the carriage, and means for holding the operative parts of said clutch in engagement during the backspacing operation whereby an overthrow of the carriage is prevented.

7 In a typewriting machine, the combination with the platen carriage provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable dog, of an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mounted on said shaft and meshing with said feed rack, an'"escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said shaft, with which said feed dogs cooperate to afford a feed of the carriage, said movable dog being yieldable to escape the teeth of said escapment wheel when the same is rotated in the reverse direction, a bracket "journaled concentrically of said escapement shaft a dog swiveled upon said bracket,

means for oscillating said bracket and for swinging said dog into engagement with said escapement wheel to compel a backward whereby an overthrbw of the carriage will be prevented.

8;;{In a typewriting machine, the combination (with the platen carriage provided with a" feed rack and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable dogs, of means for connecting the escapement devices with the feed rack, comprising an escapement shaft, anescapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft, a clutch interposed between said escapement shaft-and said escapement wheel, comprising a pair of toothed members, one of which is formed upon the escapement wheel and the other of which is mounted to slide upon said shaft, a

Spring for holding said clutch members inoperative relation, whereby a back spacing of the escapement wheel compels a rotation of the escapement shaft, a backstepping dog, movably. supported adjacent said escapement wheel, means for swinging said dog into en gagement with said escapement Wheel to rotate the latter in a reverse direction whereby the carriage will be backstepped, and means mounted upon the support for said dog adapted to engage the movable member of said clutch whereby said clutch members are held in operative position during the backstepping operation, thereby preventing an overthrow of the carriage;

' 9. In a typewriting machine, the combinatio'nwith a platen carriage, provided with a feed rack and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable dogs, of means for connecting the escapement devices with the feed rack, comprising an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mounted upon said escapement shaft and meshing with said'feed rack, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft, a clutch inter ose'd between said escapement shaft and said escapement WheeLcomprising a pair of toothed members, oneof which is formed upon the escapement wheel and, the other of which is 50 mounted to slide upon said shaft and is keyed thereto, a spring for holding the members of said clutch in operative relation, whereby-the back-spacing of the escapement wheel compels a rotation of the escapement shaft, a movable support mounted on said escapement shaft, a backste ping dog swiv eled upon said support, sai dog being normally held out of contact with said escapement wheel, means for oscillating said support operable from thekey-board, means for simultaneously swinging said backstepping dog into engagement with said escapement wheel to rotate-the lattenin a reverse direction whereby the carriage will be backspaced, and means for automatically maintaining the members of said clutch in engagement during the backspacing operation whereby the carriage will be prevented from being overthrown during such backspacing operation.

10. In a typewriting machine the combination with the feed rack of the platen carriage and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable dogs of an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said feed rack, an escapement wheel mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said feed dogs cooperate, clutch mechanism interposed between said feed pinion and said escapement wheel whereby those parts are compelled to move in unison when rotated in one direction, but may move relatively to each other when one thereof is rotated in a. reverse direction, means cooperating with said escapement wheel to rotate the same in a reverse direc tion to backspace the carriage, and means for automatically holding the members of said clutch in engagement during the backspacing operation.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the platen carriage and the escapement devices comprising a fixed and a movable feed dog, of means for effecting a connection between said escapement devices and said feed rack comprising an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mountedon said shaft and meshing with said-feed rack, an escapement wheel mounted on said-"escapement shaft with which said feeddogs cooperate to afi'ord a feed of the carriage, a clutch comprising a pair of relatively movable members, one of which is spring-pressed toward the other, said clutch being interposed between said feed pinion and said escapement wheel, whereby said elements are compelled to rotate in unison in one direction, but may move independently of one another when one thereof is r0- tated in the reverse "direction, a.,-'backstepping dog arranged adjacent said escapement wheel and normally out of contact therewith,

nation with the feed rack of the platen carriage and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable feed dogs, of means for effecting a connection between the escapement devicesand said feed rack comprising an escapement shaft, a feed pinion mounted upon said shaft and meshingwith a movable support for said dog, and a v said feedrack, the-escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft, a clutch interposed between said escapement shaft and said escapement wheel comprising a pair of toothed members, one of which is formed upon said escapement wheel and the other of which is mounted to slide upon said shaft and is keyed thereto against rotatlon, a spring for holding said clutch members in operative relation, whereby a back spacing of the escapement wheel compels a rotation of the escapement shaft, a backstepping dog adapted to be swung into engagement with saidescapement wheel to rotate the latter in a reverse direction, and means for engaging said movable clutch member to hold the same in engagement with its cooperating clutch member during the reverse rotation of the escapement wheel whereby an overthrow of the carriage will be prevented.

.13. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the platen carriage and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable feed dogs, of means for connecting said escapement devices with the feed rack comprising an escapementshaft, a feed pinion mounted upon said escapement shaft and meshing with said feed rack. an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said feed dogs cooperate to afiord a feed of the carriage, a toothed member formed upon said escapement wheel, a toothed member slidably mounted upon said escapement shaft and keyed thereto, whereby said member is freely slidable upon said shaft, but'is held against rotation relative thereto, a spring for urgng said movable toothed member into engagement with the teeth of the member formed upon said escapement wheel, a back- .stepping dog mounted upon a movable support adjacent said escapement wheel,.means for swinging said dog into engagement with said escapement-wheel to rotate the same in the reverse direction, whereby the carriage will be backstepped, and means mounted upon said support adapted to take behind said movable toothed member to hold the same in engagement with the toothed member upon said escapement wheel during the engagement of said dog with said escapement wheel whereby said toothed members will be held in engagement during the backspacing operation and the carriage thereby prevented from being overthrown.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination with an escapement shaft having a feed pinion thereon and a feed rack on the platen carriage. with 'which said pinion meshes, of an escapement wheel, means for affording a feed of the same in a letterspacing direction, means for backspacing the carriage step by step, a clutch between saidfescapement wheel and said pinion, and

"cooperating with said clutch for preventing an overthrow of the carriage when the same is backstepped. H 15. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the platen carriage, of an escapement shaft having apinion meshing with said rack and an escapement wheel, a clutch between said es-' capement wheel and said pinion, and means cooperating with said clutch for preventing an overthrow of the carriage when the same is backstepped. I

16. In a typewrit-ing machine, the combi nation with the feed rack of the platen carriage and the escapement devices comprising fixed and movable feed dogs, of means for effecting a connection between said escapement devices and said feed rack comprising an escapement shaft, a feed pinion fixed upon said escapement shaft and meshing with said feed rack, an escapement wheel loosely mounted upon said escapement shaft with which said feed dogs cooperate to afford a feed of the carriage in a letter-spacing direction, a clutch comprising a toothed member formed upon said escapement wheel and a member slidably mounted upon said escapement shaft having teeth which engage the teeth of said escapement wheel means for keying said slidable member to said escapement shaft, a spring for urging said slidable member into engagement with the teeth formed upon said escapement wheel whereby said escapement wheel will compel a movement of said escapement shaft when rotated in the reverse direction, but may remain stationary when the carriage is returned to commence a new line of writing, a movablesupport journaled concentrically with the axis of said escapement shaft, a backstepping dog swiveled upon said-support and normally held out of engagement with said escapement wheel, a forked member pivotally connected with said support, one of the tines of which operates to hold said dog out of engagement with said escape ment wheel, means operable from the keyboard for reciprocating said forked member to move said support, spring means adapted simultaneously with a movement of said support to swing said dog into engagement with the teeth of said escapement wheel, whereby the latter will be rotated in a reverse direction and the carriage moved backwardly thereby, the other tine of said forked member operating to limit the throw of said dog, and a member mounted upon said sup port which takes behind said movable clutch member and holds the teeth thereof in engagement with the teeth formed upon said escapement wheel while the latter is being rotated in a reverse direction, thereby reventing an overthrow of the carriage during the backspacing operation.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the platen carriage, an escapement shaft, a pinion at one end of said shaft meshing with said rack and an escapement wheel at the opposite end, a

clutch member intermediate said pinion and,

said escapement wheel, means cooperating with said escapement wheel forbackspacing the carriage, and means actuated by said backspacing means adapted to hold the members of the clutch in operative relation to prevent an overthrow of the carriage.-

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the ,platen card.

riage, an escapement shaft having a pinion meshing with said rack and an escapement wheel mounted thereon, a clutch'for operatively connecting said pinion and said escapement wheel, and means for locking the members of said clutch in positive engagement when the carriage is backspaced.

- '19. In atypewriting machine, the combination with the feed rack of the platen car- 'riage, an escapement shaft having a pinion,

' at one end thereof to mesh with said carriage rack and an escapement wheel. at the opposite end, means for backspacing the carriage. through said escapement shaft, a

clutch between said escapement wheel and said pinion, and means for holding the clutch members in operative engagement when said backspacing means is actuated.

20. In a typewriting machine, the combinatitonwith the platen carriage, of an escapement'shaft, means, for operatively connecting said parts, an escapement wheel on said shaft, feed means cooperating therewith, back spacing means adapted to engage and atom said escapement wheel to. feed the carriage in a reverse direction, agc'l'utch associated with'said' parts whereby motionmay be transmitted from the escapement wheel to the carriage to backspace the same but prevent motion from being transmitted from the carriage to the escapement whe'el when the carriageis returned to the line-commencing position and means for holding the parts of said clutch in clutched relation when the back spacing means is actuated.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature Witnesses:

C. Wmoox, H. M. SnAMANs;

cu of thhpatent my b8 obtained (or five cents each, by addressing the commiliioner of Patents,

Walhington; D. 0." 

